Re: REPOST:Memory Allocation error using pg_dump on 7.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: frank church <pgsql(at)adontendev(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REPOST:Memory Allocation error using pg_dump on 7.4
Date: 2006-01-27 15:19:35
Message-ID: 2312.1138375175@sss.pgh.pa.us
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frank church <pgsql(at)adontendev(dot)net> writes:
> I repeatedly get this error whenever I try to backup a database

> pg_dump: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 4294967290
> pg_dump: SQL command to dump the contents of table "cc_ratecard" failed:
> PQendcopy() failed.

Looks like a corrupt-data problem to me. Please see the PG list archives
concerning ways to narrow down where the bad data is and get rid of it.

regards, tom lane

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